Gosslingiaceae

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Gosslingiaceae is a family of extinct zosterophylls. The zosterophylls were among the first vascular plants in the fossil record, and are considered to share an ancestor with the living lycophytes. The family is variously placed in the order Sawdoniales or the order Gosslingiales.

Genera

Genera that have been placed in this family by Kenrick and Crane in 1997 and Hao and Xue in 2013 are shown in the table below.

Genus	Included by Hao & Xue	Included by Kenrick & Crane
class="wikitable"
†Crenaticaulis Banks & Davis (1969)	yes	placed in Sawdoniaceae
†Gosslingia Heard (1927)	yes	yes
†Oricilla Gensel (1982)	yes	yes
†Sawdonia Hueber (1971)	yes	placed in Sawdoniaceae
†Tarella	unplaced as to family	yes

References

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{{Citation |last1=Hao |first1=Shougang |last2=Xue |first2=Jinzhuang |date=2013 |title=The early Devonian Posongchong flora of Yunnan: a contribution to an understanding of the evolution and early diversification of vascular plants |publication-place=Beijing |publisher=Science Press |isbn=978-7-03-036616-0 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269875285 |accessdate=2019-10-25 |page=53 |name-list-style=amp }}

{{Citation |last1=Kenrick |first1=Paul |last2=Crane |first2=Peter R. |date=1997 |title=The Origin and Early Diversification of Land Plants: A Cladistic Study |publication-place=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press |isbn=978-1-56098-730-7 |page=172 |name-list-style=amp }}

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Category:Zosterophylls

Category:Prehistoric plant families